Engineer A Procurement Integrity Public Interest QBS Administration

@prefix case99: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/99#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case99:Engineer_A_Procurement_Integrity_Public_Interest_QBS_Administration a proeth:CompetitiveProcurementFairnessObligation, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer A Procurement Integrity Public Interest QBS Administration" ; proeth-core:competesWith case99:Engineer_A_Good_Intent_Non-Justification_Firm_B_Sympathy_Procurement, case99:Engineer_A_Prior_Performance_Non-Consideration_Firm_B_Compliance_Determination ; proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case99:Public_QBS_Procurement_Integrity_Context ; proeth-core:prevailsOver case99:Engineer_A_Good_Intent_Non-Justification_Firm_B_Sympathy_Procurement, case99:Engineer_A_Prior_Performance_Non-Consideration_Firm_B_Compliance_Determination ; proeth:casecontext "Engineer A served as the point of contact on City X's QBS review team for a new public building project; 14 firms participated in the mandatory pre-submittal meeting and received identical notice of requirements; the Board grounded its analysis in the public interest served by QBS integrity." ; proeth:compliancestatus "met" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ; proeth:confidence "0.9" ; proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case99:Fairness_in_Professional_Competition_Invoked_for_All_14_Pre-Submittal_Firms, case99:Procurement_Integrity_Invoked_by_Engineer_A_QBS_Administration, <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/99#Procurement_Integrity_in_Public_Engineering_—_QBS_Process_Administration>, <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/99#Public_Welfare_Paramount_—_QBS_Process_Integrity_Serves_Public_Interest> ; proeth:discoveredincase "99" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T23:02:03.113089+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "99" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T23:02:03.113089+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A (QBS Review Team Point of Contact, City X)" ; proeth:obligationclass "Competitive Procurement Fairness Obligation" ; proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to administer the City X QBS process in a manner that preserved the integrity of the public procurement system — ensuring equal treatment of all 14 competing firms, strict adherence to published requirements, and protection of the public's interest in obtaining high-quality engineering services through a fair and open competitive process." ; proeth:sourcetext "The integrity of the professional engineering selection process is critically important in assuring that the public receives high-quality engineering services at a fair and reasonable cost" ; proeth:temporalscope "Throughout the administration of the QBS process, from pre-submittal meeting through submittal evaluation" ; proeth:textreferences "The integrity of the professional engineering selection process is critically important in assuring that the public receives high-quality engineering services at a fair and reasonable cost", "The public QBS system seeks to advance this goal, establishing procedures and policies that provide appropriate protections for the public while at the same time recognizing the rights and responsibilities of the professional engineers and engineering firms that participate in the procurement processes" ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 99 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T23:08:45.593064"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 99 Extraction" .